Firefly vs xLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Firefly
This app aggregates social networks and Web3 platforms, allowing users to explore on-chain activity, collect NFTs, and manage community proposals. It enables cross-posting and following various addresses to enhance social media reach.
- Explore on-chain activity
- Collect free NFTs
- Track community proposals and voting
- Cross-post to multiple networks
- Follow various addresses
- Sync follows across networks
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Firefly is a social app for exploring what’s happening onchain. Developed by Mask Network, Firefly seamlessly combines centralized social networks like X (Twitter) with Web3 social networks and NFT platforms such as Lens, Farcaster, Mirror, Gitcoin, Snapshot, and the Ethereum ecosystem. DIVE INTO WEB3 · Stay informed with product launches and alpha through Firefly’s powerful social feeds. · Collect free NFTs and stay updated on trending drops in the NFT feed. · Keep track of your community proposals and voting through Snapshot. SOCIAL LIKE A PRO · Cross-post to reach your followers and expand your audience across all networks. · Follow @username handles, .eth addresses, 0x addresses, and more. · Improve your feed by logging in to X to see what the profiles you follow are posting and minting in Web3. Optionally, you can sync your follows across networks. Have feedback? Email us at feedback@firefly.land or send us a message on any network. @thefireflyapp on X (Twitter) @fireflyapp on Farcaster @fireflyapp on Lens
xLog
An open-source blogging platform built on blockchain technology. It offers a decentralized community for users to create and share content. The platform is free to use and accessible across various Apple devices.
- Open-source
- Blockchain-based
- Blog community
- Content creation
- Decentralized platform
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xLog is an amazing open-source blockchain-based blog community for everyone！ website: https://xlog.app GitHub: https://github.com/Crossbell-Box/xLog
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: xLog at 5.0 against Firefly's 4.3. xLog also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 17). Firefly's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
xLog holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Firefly has 26 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Firefly's written reviews are positive against 100% of xLog's.
Firefly ships an update weekly, xLog every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Firefly | xLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 292 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SUJITEKU LIMITED LIABILITY CO. | Natural Selection Labs |
Customer experience
Firefly
xLog
In-app purchases
Firefly
No in-app purchases
xLog
No in-app purchases
